October 02, 2015

This Day In Hockey History - Oct 2nd

1997 - Vancouver Canucks named Mark Messier as their new Team Captain. The announcement was made from Tokyo, on the eve of the Canucks' season opener against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

1999 - Atlanta Thrashers played their first game in franchise history, a 4-1 loss to the visiting New Jersey Devils, before a crowd of 18,545 fans. Kelly Buchberger scored the first goal in Thrashers history.

1999 - Boston's Ray Bourque became the highest goal-scoring defenseman in NHL history, when his 386th career goal moved him one ahead of Paul Coffey.

1999 - After starting his career with a record of 0-13-2, Vancouver goaltender Kevin Weekes recorded his first NHL victory and Markus Naslund scored his 100th NHL goal, in a 2-1 win over the visiting New York Rangers.

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